Authors Jamil Kochai, Rasheed Newson, and Alejandro Varela will discuss how they use fiction to humanize and comment on historical events and current social issues.
| Where: | Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)  |
| When: | Sun, Mar 5, 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Fiction / Literature |
| Moderator: | Kirssa Cline Ryckman |
Jamil Jan Kochai is the author of "The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories," a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. His novel "99 Nights in Logar" was a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature....
Rasheed Newson is a writer and producer of "Bel-Air," "The Chi," and "Narcos." He currently resides in Pasadena, Calif. with his husband and two children. "My Government Means to Kill Me" is his debut novel....
Alejandro Varela’s (he/him) work has appeared in the Point Magazine, Boston Review, Harper’s, and the Offing, among others outlets. Varela is an editor-at-large of Apogee Journal....
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